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so why is the sandy spending bill send lots of money to d.c.? a look what is in the $60 billion bill for hurricane sandy. liz: money to d.c. but it hit new jersey and new york. come on people. david: there you go. liz: how is this for an alternative investment? the judy garland show. rights to all the episodes. 26 are up for auctions online. how much are they expected to fetch? what is the earning potential here? we've got the man selling them. do you want in? remember what it did for elvis >> just about 42 after the hour. i'm arthel neville. this is update on breaking news story out of newtown, connecticut, where 26 people including 20 children are dead in one of the worst mass murders in our nation's history. president obama deliver ad statement last hour saying the u.s. has been through shootings like this too many times and meaningful action will have to be taken regardless of politics. the president also ordered the u.s. flag be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds including the white house in honor of the victims. source
so why is the sandy spending bill send lots of money to d.c.? a look what is in the $60 billion bill for hurricane sandy. liz: money to d.c. but it hit new jersey and new york. come on people. david: there you go. liz: how is this for an alternative investment? the judy garland show. rights to all the episodes. 26 are up for auctions online. how much are they expected to fetch? what is the earning potential here? we've got the man selling them. do you want in? remember what it did for elvis...
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do we really, really need to include that as an emergency funding bill for hurricane sandy? as i mentioned at the beginning, at some point we're going to have to start paying for things. at some point we're going to run out of chinese money. at some point we're going to be like greece. at some point the american people are going to say, enough. every american family has to balance their budget. every american family has to make tough decisions. why don't we make some tough decisions, if we want to have things paid for like weather capabilities, like amtrak, like replace federal assets, buying vehicles when we have 660,000 vehicles in the inventory. why don't we start making tough decisions. i often mention that the approval rating that we have of the american people is rather interestingly low. the last one i saw was i 11% approval. no wonder -- no wonder. we're about -- in a matter of literally hours -- to spend about $60 billion of the american taxpayers' money, estimates of some is that it should be around $24 billion. without hearings, without the kinds of scrutiny that
do we really, really need to include that as an emergency funding bill for hurricane sandy? as i mentioned at the beginning, at some point we're going to have to start paying for things. at some point we're going to run out of chinese money. at some point we're going to be like greece. at some point the american people are going to say, enough. every american family has to balance their budget. every american family has to make tough decisions. why don't we make some tough decisions, if we want...
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>>neil: who is paying the hotel bills? >>guest: fema is. i am grateful. in a better position now than i was a month ago or when i was last here where i was night to night trying to figure out where i was saying because it was such a sudden shock. >>neil: and the added problem you have a dog and you wanted the dog with you. >>guest: yes. >>neil: is the dog with i? >>guest: yes, i am staying at the hampton inn and they have been very nice. they have been wonderful. >>neil: that guy is legendary for not gouging anyone. >> you have her the sums being mentioned right now, christina, first of all, i agree a lot of it will come through, where does it have to go? you are out there and you know what it is like. where would you put it? >>guest: i am in agreement with what he said, give it directly to the victims. they know who has been affected by the hurricane. why is it an issue to distribute some of the funds? that is a lot money. i have not seen a dime of it. my neighbors have not seen it. and charities are popping up, make monetary donations, where is the mone
>>neil: who is paying the hotel bills? >>guest: fema is. i am grateful. in a better position now than i was a month ago or when i was last here where i was night to night trying to figure out where i was saying because it was such a sudden shock. >>neil: and the added problem you have a dog and you wanted the dog with you. >>guest: yes. >>neil: is the dog with i? >>guest: yes, i am staying at the hampton inn and they have been very nice. they have been...
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existing budget, funding for highway projects not related to sandy that are in the democrat bill and mitigation projects unrelated to sandy. again, we're not against mitigation but we're saying let's focus on sandy, get the emergency help to those who need it now, get it there in an ample amount of time and money for them, and then let's take up through the regular process here how we carefully examine how we spend the taxpayers' money, providing those needed funds for the real emergency, but not using this as a bill to lard up with all kinds of excessive spending that isn't needed for this particular emergency. with that, mr. president, i yield back the time. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 5949. under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment number 3437 offered by the senator from vermont, mr. leahy. mr. leahy: mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, this is a matter i care a great deal about. w
existing budget, funding for highway projects not related to sandy that are in the democrat bill and mitigation projects unrelated to sandy. again, we're not against mitigation but we're saying let's focus on sandy, get the emergency help to those who need it now, get it there in an ample amount of time and money for them, and then let's take up through the regular process here how we carefully examine how we spend the taxpayers' money, providing those needed funds for the real emergency, but...
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the bill will require epa to better protect on-site that are vulnerable to disaster. we've got to remember the super storm sandy in this changing climate are reluctant to your, to look at the changes in global temperature is very difficult to understand. the intensity, chairman more and more common by the opportunity in this community to make sure the northeast recovers every build just that way. all of them have taken an interest here, glad to share what we learn. >> senator come the legislation you describe is very appropriate. i'm looking forward to reading the details. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, madam chair. i'll be brief army colleagues. i had a chance to make a sailor statement, so i don't want to be too redundant. hurricane cindy have rhode island hired. the 9.5-foot crest at fox point, title christ was the fifth highest ever on record and we had 130,000 homes and businesses this power, which is a sick chicken portion of the state of 1 billion people. the southern coast of rhode island was hit the hardest. the westerly coast you can see how the hotels an
the bill will require epa to better protect on-site that are vulnerable to disaster. we've got to remember the super storm sandy in this changing climate are reluctant to your, to look at the changes in global temperature is very difficult to understand. the intensity, chairman more and more common by the opportunity in this community to make sure the northeast recovers every build just that way. all of them have taken an interest here, glad to share what we learn. >> senator come the...
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helpis one step closer for super storm sandy. senate passing a bill to provide $60.4 billion in aid for states impacted by the disaster. bill now has to pass through the house of representatives. hurricane sandy was blamed for at least 120 deaths in areas from north carolina to maine, new york, new jersey and connecticut. i'm arthel nevil, now back to fox news watch. for all the latest log on to foxnews.com. i'll see you right here at 4:00 p.m. eastern alongside gregg jarrett. >> we will make sure that f there is anything is needed we get it out immediately. i want to thank you for everything you've done and we appreciate that. >> connecticut state police lieutenant paul advance talking to people. the killer committed suicide as police closed in on him. one of many tragedies that received major attention this year. it's a challenge for the media in covering a story like newtown. juan, as you know well know, talking about it is tough for any parent? >> it's one of the great difficulties. you want to be responsible because you are
helpis one step closer for super storm sandy. senate passing a bill to provide $60.4 billion in aid for states impacted by the disaster. bill now has to pass through the house of representatives. hurricane sandy was blamed for at least 120 deaths in areas from north carolina to maine, new york, new jersey and connecticut. i'm arthel nevil, now back to fox news watch. for all the latest log on to foxnews.com. i'll see you right here at 4:00 p.m. eastern alongside gregg jarrett. >> we will...
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we get a 600 billion-dollar bill for hurricane sandy date. surprisingly or maybe not surprisingly enough, we have $23 million for tree planting that is most likely not in new york or new jersey. $4 million for new equipment for the fbi and $2 million that is for the nixonian root. do they think that we are stupid and that we are not going to realize what they're doing? >> they really must. i was working in the senate during hurricane katrina. just a wasteful process. we basically gave a lot of these localities a blank check, and that is being what is proposed here. there are billions of dollars in replacement of vehicles for government officials. agencies should go back and get back to us rather than ask for a blank check they can buy new this and that whatever they put the money into a. tracy: that's right. we are talking about cutting defense, and yet we have 40 million appropriated military bases, including cuba. it makes no sense to me. what this says is they still don't get it. they still don't get the pages fill free to blow our money.
we get a 600 billion-dollar bill for hurricane sandy date. surprisingly or maybe not surprisingly enough, we have $23 million for tree planting that is most likely not in new york or new jersey. $4 million for new equipment for the fbi and $2 million that is for the nixonian root. do they think that we are stupid and that we are not going to realize what they're doing? >> they really must. i was working in the senate during hurricane katrina. just a wasteful process. we basically gave a...
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dennis: rap that into the spending bill. bring in avian a single year. most of that just on sandy. cheryl: really quick. of all the governors are would think that he would be the one screaming at the rooftops about this issue. >> reporter: have not heard no word yet about the port storm going on. cheryl: you know he will be honest. c'mon. dennis: dennis: what if we go over the cliff? cheryl: why he thinks the u.s. is headed for recession no matter what and washington. [ malennouncer ] it's tt me of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you realldon't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it findone, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all youeed is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the win
dennis: rap that into the spending bill. bring in avian a single year. most of that just on sandy. cheryl: really quick. of all the governors are would think that he would be the one screaming at the rooftops about this issue. >> reporter: have not heard no word yet about the port storm going on. cheryl: you know he will be honest. c'mon. dennis: dennis: what if we go over the cliff? cheryl: why he thinks the u.s. is headed for recession no matter what and washington. [ malennouncer ]...
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we have money for alaskan fisheries in the hurricane sandy bill. they tried earlier today to stuff money in here for a country by the name of palau in the western part of the pacific. i thought this was about emergency relief for hurricane sandy that hit the northeast coast. what does that have to do with sending money to the far reaches of the earth, including sending money to work on alaskan fisheries? if you want to give money to alaskan fisheries, have a bill on the floor about alaskan fisheries, but don't pretend we're going to stuff it in some emergency bill for the northeast. so what i've asked is let's just spend what you're going to spend next year. c.b.o. says there's going to be $9 billion spent next year. that's what i allocate. and i take the $9 billion from places where we're wasting it. i think we're wasting it bill sending it overseas. i'm not particularly happy about sending money to countries that are burning our flag and chanting "death to america." i think it's an outrage. the president has said we need to quit, you know, doing
we have money for alaskan fisheries in the hurricane sandy bill. they tried earlier today to stuff money in here for a country by the name of palau in the western part of the pacific. i thought this was about emergency relief for hurricane sandy that hit the northeast coast. what does that have to do with sending money to the far reaches of the earth, including sending money to work on alaskan fisheries? if you want to give money to alaskan fisheries, have a bill on the floor about alaskan...
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when it was going through the senate, 12 senate republicans voted for passage of the sandy bill. the rest voted against t. now te possible holdup in the house has led governors of new jersey, new york and connecticut, to lean on the lawmakers, writing, so the question to each and every member of the house is, if this storm had struck your constituency and devastated it the way sandy has ours, would you say that the house has done enough? with the house reconvening to help the nation avoid the fiscal cliff, remember that disasters affect every region of this nation and that we as a nation stand together in times of crisis. house g.o.p. speaker john boehner has signaled he supports sandy aid. but his spokesman says that the speaker has not decided whether or not to bring up this bill in this session of congress, which ends on thursday. if they don't take it up by thursday, the senate bill will expire and the new congress will have to start all over again. >> eric: all right. thanks. >> coming up, russia has banned adoptions by u.s. families. coming up, we will speak with a couple i
when it was going through the senate, 12 senate republicans voted for passage of the sandy bill. the rest voted against t. now te possible holdup in the house has led governors of new jersey, new york and connecticut, to lean on the lawmakers, writing, so the question to each and every member of the house is, if this storm had struck your constituency and devastated it the way sandy has ours, would you say that the house has done enough? with the house reconvening to help the nation avoid the...
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they're slated to begin work on a bill offering additional funding for victims of hurricane sandy that would provide an additional $9.7 billion in borrowing authority for the national flood insurance program which is now capped at $20.7 billion. it would also provide the requested $11.5 billion for the fema disaster relief fund, and it also includes some mitigation measures for future disasters. also we expect later debate today on a couple of judicial nominations. earlier this afternoon south carolina governor nikki haley announced she's selected freshman congressman tim scott to fill the seat being vacated by senate jim demint. senator demint leaving to become the president to have heritage foundation, and we'll take a look at what governor haley had to say now. [background sounds] >> good morning, and it is, um, a great day in south carolina. it's a historic day in south carolina because, um, you know, first of all, we all were saddened and surprised when senator demint told us that he was not going to continue in the u.s. senate, but i will tell you as i've told many people, that t
they're slated to begin work on a bill offering additional funding for victims of hurricane sandy that would provide an additional $9.7 billion in borrowing authority for the national flood insurance program which is now capped at $20.7 billion. it would also provide the requested $11.5 billion for the fema disaster relief fund, and it also includes some mitigation measures for future disasters. also we expect later debate today on a couple of judicial nominations. earlier this afternoon south...
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holding this hearing and during those of us who represent states and people hard hit by hurricane sandy a chance to the corestates needs and the supplemental appropriations bill considered by the subcommittee to enable us to recover. of want to say that honestly i cannot think of a better person to lead this effort that you. obviously you have been schooled in the pain of being hit by hurricane katrina, but beyond that and understanding and empathy, you have become the leader in the senate on the whole area of disaster recovery. a very glad your car in a position. hurricane sandy american history. it was that serious. and it calls on us to come together as we have after every other natural disaster in the country. what never was to help our neighbors in the best american values cents, to pick up what he said. we will do that, and we will do it without requiring offsets which has been the norm. it is an obvious that the people of new york and new jersey suffered more than the people of connecticut from hurricane sandy i know you will hear about that from your representatives. we did suff
holding this hearing and during those of us who represent states and people hard hit by hurricane sandy a chance to the corestates needs and the supplemental appropriations bill considered by the subcommittee to enable us to recover. of want to say that honestly i cannot think of a better person to lead this effort that you. obviously you have been schooled in the pain of being hit by hurricane katrina, but beyond that and understanding and empathy, you have become the leader in the senate on...
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sandy demonstrates clearly why it is so important to move forward with our bill. i've been working with senator vitter will become the new ranking and senator and all of my colleagues to make sure we can move forward an author is critical flood control infrastructure right now because we now have confused and working together is how we associate the core authoress to move forward. there is a new title in our draft work of legislation. we called extreme weather disaster mitigation, which will help us better prepared than reduce risk. whether those risks are in the northeast in louisiana or inland states or the west coast, they are everywhere. more frequent stream weather events happened as the climate continues to change. we have to build infrastructure needed to protect our people, communities and our economy. following superstrong sandy, governor cuomo stated part of learning is the recognition that climate change is reality, extreme weather is a reality and we are vulnerable. i wanted to state how it's a little bit of a different hearing this morning because we'
sandy demonstrates clearly why it is so important to move forward with our bill. i've been working with senator vitter will become the new ranking and senator and all of my colleagues to make sure we can move forward an author is critical flood control infrastructure right now because we now have confused and working together is how we associate the core authoress to move forward. there is a new title in our draft work of legislation. we called extreme weather disaster mitigation, which will...
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later, dan friedman has an update on the hurricane sandy relief bill making its way through congress. "washington journal" is next. >> nobody will get 100% of what they want. let's make sure middle-class families and the american economy and the world economy are not adversely impacted because people cannot do their jobs. host: the headline in this morning's "washington post" -- president obama and senate leaders were on the verge of an agreement that would let taxes rise on the wealthiest households while protecting the vast majority of americans from tax hikes set to hit in january. welcome to the saturday edition of "and the washington journal." for the first 45 minutes of the program we are going to be talking about senate negotiating a fiscal clifts deal, what has been going on on that half of the capital. see what they are talking about and how things are going. we want to get your input and your part of the conversation. you can reach out to us on twitter. facebook, facebook.com/cspan. and you can send us an e-mail. this is more from the article, the lead story in "the washingt
later, dan friedman has an update on the hurricane sandy relief bill making its way through congress. "washington journal" is next. >> nobody will get 100% of what they want. let's make sure middle-class families and the american economy and the world economy are not adversely impacted because people cannot do their jobs. host: the headline in this morning's "washington post" -- president obama and senate leaders were on the verge of an agreement that would let taxes...
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package and somehow they could use that as an opportunity to get the sandy bill through. the chance for the full supplemental to be passed before the end of the year, it will either be a smaller amount or they will not touch it at all. the senate will have to start over next year. host: raymond hernandez i need." >> they joined -- an unusual move they are working together as opposed to saying separately i am in new york, this is what i need, new jersey and connecticut are on their own. they have to make their own appeal. guest: you have a lot of the personalities representing the victims of sandy. they have pulled together effectively after the first few weeks after the storm. they have generally been pushing the same direction. the problem the victims of sandy have in new jersey and new york is there represented almost primarily by democrats. the house is run by republicans. democrats have the problem of getting them to pay attention to them in the house. one option is to have chris christie to put pressure on house leaders. host: senator chuck schumer of new york talked
package and somehow they could use that as an opportunity to get the sandy bill through. the chance for the full supplemental to be passed before the end of the year, it will either be a smaller amount or they will not touch it at all. the senate will have to start over next year. host: raymond hernandez i need." >> they joined -- an unusual move they are working together as opposed to saying separately i am in new york, this is what i need, new jersey and connecticut are on their...
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>> it's always possible the sandy bill could be attached to a fiscal cliff legislation or other legislation before the he had end of the year but john boehner signaled he supports sandy aide and has not decided whether or not to bring it up for a vote in this session. this session ends thursday and that's key. if they don't vote before then, the senate bill will expire and the next congress will have to start on it all over again. >> in the meantime, the people are still hurting, without their homes. molly, thank you very much. >>> these days video cameras are about everywhere. whether they're security or cell phone cameras, they have caught some of the most compelling moments of 2012. johnathan hunt breaks down the more memorable moments. >> surveillance cameras are worldwide recording an estimated 4 billion hours of footage week and with americans armed with smartphones, we're seeing caught on camera moments like never before. 30 million cameras in the united states catching your every month move. >> that was one of the funniest things i've ever seen. >> one wild police chase. florida cop
>> it's always possible the sandy bill could be attached to a fiscal cliff legislation or other legislation before the he had end of the year but john boehner signaled he supports sandy aide and has not decided whether or not to bring it up for a vote in this session. this session ends thursday and that's key. if they don't vote before then, the senate bill will expire and the next congress will have to start on it all over again. >> in the meantime, the people are still hurting,...
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let me go quickly to farm bill, violence against women act, and the sandy supplemental. can the gentleman tell me which of these three if any, might we see next week? mr. cantor: as the gentleman knows on the farm bill we are committed to trying to address the issue of the farm bill prior to leaving for the year. as far as the violence against women act, as the gentleman knows, i am in discussions with the vice president, i know it is of particular interest to him. there are many members on our side who i've met with today as well as members of the other body who are interested as well. and we have met and we're trying to work out the differences. i'm committed to do all i can as the gentleman knows to bring this to a conclusion so we can see passage. as far as the supplemental bill, i know that the white house and the gentleman's heard me say this before, has submitted its request, appropriations committee is doing its review of the request. to see that that supplemental aid gets to the victims that need it, to the localities and states that need it, and is money that w
let me go quickly to farm bill, violence against women act, and the sandy supplemental. can the gentleman tell me which of these three if any, might we see next week? mr. cantor: as the gentleman knows on the farm bill we are committed to trying to address the issue of the farm bill prior to leaving for the year. as far as the violence against women act, as the gentleman knows, i am in discussions with the vice president, i know it is of particular interest to him. there are many members on our...
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adam: that sandy supplemental bill is 60 billion, 45 billion according to taxpayers for common sense is stimulus spending that doesn't involve the hurricane. dan, i will come back to you after we listen to sound bite from harry reid, senate majority leader commenting on the negotiations today. here is what he said. >> okay. we had a long meeting in the white house. it was very constructive. we hope that it will be bear fruit but that is what we hope ad lot. i think that the next 2 hours will be very instructive what we're able to accomplish. >> was there progress? discussion of a concrete proposal? >> we talked about a lot of things. there is no concrete proposal at this time. we have a number of different directions we'll try to take and we're going to see what can be worked out. >> will you work on a piece of legislation? >> pardon me? >> is it a good sign or bad sign you guys are not talking much after this meeting?. >> i hooe everything is a good sign. i had my confidence he destroyed on other occasions but i hope it is not on this occasion. >> what about timing? >> timing is we'
adam: that sandy supplemental bill is 60 billion, 45 billion according to taxpayers for common sense is stimulus spending that doesn't involve the hurricane. dan, i will come back to you after we listen to sound bite from harry reid, senate majority leader commenting on the negotiations today. here is what he said. >> okay. we had a long meeting in the white house. it was very constructive. we hope that it will be bear fruit but that is what we hope ad lot. i think that the next 2 hours...
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to invest in mitigation, to help us have the resill -- i have a resiliency bill i have filed. one thing is clear, we'll have more and more of these severe storms. we have to prepare for it. let's help the people that have been damaged and invest in ways to mitt gate the dabblings in the future. >> thank you, senator cardin. senator blumen thall. >> thank you, senator andrew. i want to join in thanking you personally for your calls, your very prompt and solicitted contact with me and other member os -- other people in our state. an thank you for having this hearing. i want to thank s.b.a., karen mills, secretary napolitano, administrator fugato. all of them have visited connecticut to see firsthand the scope and scale of the extraordinary damage there and secretary donovan for his leadership. he's been in contact with our governor numerous times. and the federal government has really responded promptly and decisively to this practice and we are grate to feel them. these storms have created a new normal. this storm was the fourth in 19 months to devastate connecticut. the costs
to invest in mitigation, to help us have the resill -- i have a resiliency bill i have filed. one thing is clear, we'll have more and more of these severe storms. we have to prepare for it. let's help the people that have been damaged and invest in ways to mitt gate the dabblings in the future. >> thank you, senator cardin. senator blumen thall. >> thank you, senator andrew. i want to join in thanking you personally for your calls, your very prompt and solicitted contact with me and...
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today the senate is hotly debating $60 billion relief bill for hurricane sandy. sounds good, right? but outraged critics say it is loaded with hundreds of millions of dollars with pork barrel projects totally unrelated to the storm. joining me, matt mayer, from th heritage foundation. welcome back to the show. what is th most egregious thing you saw in there. >> 150 million for fisheries out in alaska. melissa: in fairness it, was for alaska and other place as well but begs the question why in this bill would you be spending any money on fisheries in alaska when you have people in staten island that are still homeless? >> yeah. i mean that's part of the problem with the federal govement is, it always overreaches in these kinds of events adding lots of stuff on the christmas tree that really isn't needed. >> is it needed to get something done? i mean, you know, a lot of people say this is the system. this is our system. it's not perfect but it's the best one out here and this is how it works. i see the department of justice inspector general gets a new car in this bill, i wonder was
today the senate is hotly debating $60 billion relief bill for hurricane sandy. sounds good, right? but outraged critics say it is loaded with hundreds of millions of dollars with pork barrel projects totally unrelated to the storm. joining me, matt mayer, from th heritage foundation. welcome back to the show. what is th most egregious thing you saw in there. >> 150 million for fisheries out in alaska. melissa: in fairness it, was for alaska and other place as well but begs the question...
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and oday, they are threatening to do sometng with the hurricane sandy relief bill. the hurry up and get it done attitude of small-business owners. a 9-foot wave of flood water hit her store. she s picked up the pieces and opened her dors for business. despite losing all her equipment and furnishings, her insurance denied her claim and she got no help from the government. take a look at this. they got her back in the business. it's pretty awesome, right? the party of procrastination can take a lesson from the small-business owner in staten island, new york. congress has nothing to show for itself after twoyears. coming up next, how the massive gains in the fiscal cliff could impact your 401k and the economy. stay with us gerri: big taxhikes set to t gerri: you make it, they take it. 23.8% is the raise that policymakers wil see on capital gains. chris edwards joins me now. he is director for tax policy studies at the cato institute. i would like to show people what we're talking about. he gets confusing for people. we have a current tax rate, 15%. on january 1, the ca
and oday, they are threatening to do sometng with the hurricane sandy relief bill. the hurry up and get it done attitude of small-business owners. a 9-foot wave of flood water hit her store. she s picked up the pieces and opened her dors for business. despite losing all her equipment and furnishings, her insurance denied her claim and she got no help from the government. take a look at this. they got her back in the business. it's pretty awesome, right? the party of procrastination can take a...
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it's an emergency bill for sandy victims. it's typical of washington. exactly the type of thing that needs to stop in the city. frankly, it encourages young people like me who will have to pay for stuff like this and our future, pay the interest payments for this type of baloney. tom: where are the young people. you know, the and people turned out to vote in november. yet your generation is going to be the one hat puts -- foots the bill for all of this. where is a screaming? >> talking to young people. frankly, our organization and a few others i1 of the few organizations talking to young people who are conservative. many debt more conservative talking to young people, explaining these issues, going to college campuses not being afraid to get a college campuses demagogy and communities. right now we read them -- of, that's the liberal environmt. we can't go there which is why we're losing that battle. tom: the conversation takes place to sit connect the dots, listen, we thought we voted for this inspirational person. yet all we are getting is more debt
it's an emergency bill for sandy victims. it's typical of washington. exactly the type of thing that needs to stop in the city. frankly, it encourages young people like me who will have to pay for stuff like this and our future, pay the interest payments for this type of baloney. tom: where are the young people. you know, the and people turned out to vote in november. yet your generation is going to be the one hat puts -- foots the bill for all of this. where is a screaming? >> talking to...
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and today, they are threatening to do something with the hurricane sandy relief bill. the hurry up and get it done attitude of small-business owners. a 9-foot wave of flood water hit her store. she has picked up the pieces and opened her doors for business. despite losing all her equipment and furnishings, her insurance denied her claim and she got no help from the government. take a look at this. they got her back in the business. it's pretty awesome, right? the party of procrastination can take a lesson from the small-business owner in staten island, new york. congress has nothing to show for itself after two years. coming up next, how the massive gains in the fiscal cliff could impact your 401k and the economy. stay with us want to know what i did in the last five hours? i played a round of golf. then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitng myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a ping pong master while recording my debut album. how you ask? with 5-hour energy. i get hours of energy now -- no crash later
and today, they are threatening to do something with the hurricane sandy relief bill. the hurry up and get it done attitude of small-business owners. a 9-foot wave of flood water hit her store. she has picked up the pieces and opened her doors for business. despite losing all her equipment and furnishings, her insurance denied her claim and she got no help from the government. take a look at this. they got her back in the business. it's pretty awesome, right? the party of procrastination can...
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and an update with the sandy relief bill making its way through congress. "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> we started to get worried in the summer and the fall of 1774. the british were reporting to the crown that the colonists are trying to get ammunition and muskets and cannons. this is after the british sent war troops to boston. it was clear that they were pulling together ammunition maybe they did not entind to use it. that was a big debate. in 1774, basically, prohibited british ships from taking ammunition and everything to the colonies unless it was sanctioned. so they were very alert to this. as soon as the colonies found out about the council prohibiting ammunition from being sent to the colonies in new hampshire and rhode island militias took over the forts and took over the ammunition. so everybody new knew it was coming in the winter of 1774 and 1775. >> he suggests that 1774 was critical. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> next burt rutan contrast today's space program to the space program decades ago. he designed
and an update with the sandy relief bill making its way through congress. "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> we started to get worried in the summer and the fall of 1774. the british were reporting to the crown that the colonists are trying to get ammunition and muskets and cannons. this is after the british sent war troops to boston. it was clear that they were pulling together ammunition maybe they did not entind to use it. that was a big debate. in 1774,...
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sandy relief bill. hardly any of it gets to sandy and the actual survivors. we'll get to all that. "the kudlow report" begins right now. >>> first up, 14 days and the clock is still running for a deal to prevent the nation's economy from falling off the tax and fiscal cliff. president obama, speaker boehner, they huddled at the white house today once again, but are we really any closer to a compromise? we go back to cnbc's eamon javers who joins us from washington with all the details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, larry. you're right, they did meet today. it was a surprise meeting not announced as the previous meetings between the two men have been in past weeks. so we know that the meeting lasted about 45 minutes and that treasury secretary tim geithner also attended. what we don't know is whether the two men came to any deal or not or advanced the discussions in any way today. what we do know is that up here on capitol hill, senator harry reid, the democratic leader, suggested to his fello
sandy relief bill. hardly any of it gets to sandy and the actual survivors. we'll get to all that. "the kudlow report" begins right now. >>> first up, 14 days and the clock is still running for a deal to prevent the nation's economy from falling off the tax and fiscal cliff. president obama, speaker boehner, they huddled at the white house today once again, but are we really any closer to a compromise? we go back to cnbc's eamon javers who joins us from washington with all...
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a recovery package to help pay for reconstruction after hurricane sandy. the bill provides more than $60 billion to help areas devastated by the storm but it is not a done deal just yet. the house still has to vote on the package. >>> and now to the other big story we're following, another winter blast moving through the northeast tonight bringing up to a foot of snow in some places. the weather channel's julie martin is at laguardia airport here in new york. julie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. well, another winter storm for thousands of travelers making their way home from the christmas holiday to ring in the new year. today a winter storm moved quickly northeast dumping snow from the ohio valley up through parts of new england. the storm did not bring with it blockbuster snowfall but it was a quick hitter that came down hard and fast, forcing some commuters to get creative. >> by ski and then by bus later. >> reporter: stranding others. >> once the snow starts, until the plows come by, you're pretty much stuck. >> reporter: the low visi
a recovery package to help pay for reconstruction after hurricane sandy. the bill provides more than $60 billion to help areas devastated by the storm but it is not a done deal just yet. the house still has to vote on the package. >>> and now to the other big story we're following, another winter blast moving through the northeast tonight bringing up to a foot of snow in some places. the weather channel's julie martin is at laguardia airport here in new york. julie, good evening....
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tracy: hurricane sandy turning into a big spending bill in d.c. for things that are not even going to help the struggling homeowners hit by the superstorm. this is so typical d.c. makes me sick. liz macdonald, yeah, has more with emac's bottom line. >> we're staying on top of this all the way through because there is not any hearings yet what is now turning into a big pork storm which is sandy spending bill. basically we're seeing is, focus on d.c. or is it on new york and new jersey? take a look at these items, guys, now in the sandy spending bill, the $60 billion price tag that we're talking about. 41 million of course military bases. that includes cuba. ashley: cuba? >> 23 million for tree plantings and 4 million for sand dunes to rehabilitate them at kennedy space center. 4 million worth of new cars and office equipment for the fbi. 2 million for a new roof at smithsonian. 1 million bucks for trees at cemeteries. the item that jumped out $3 billion to fix or replace federal government assets. 3 billion bucks is included in there. is it related
tracy: hurricane sandy turning into a big spending bill in d.c. for things that are not even going to help the struggling homeowners hit by the superstorm. this is so typical d.c. makes me sick. liz macdonald, yeah, has more with emac's bottom line. >> we're staying on top of this all the way through because there is not any hearings yet what is now turning into a big pork storm which is sandy spending bill. basically we're seeing is, focus on d.c. or is it on new york and new jersey?...
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. >>> a bill providing billions of dollars to victims of super storm sandy passes in the senate but stalls in the house. >>> and round two for folks in oklahoma. >>> it's going to be nothing like that here. we will see people starting to see flakes at this hour. i'll have your insta weather >>> still no snow in downtown baltimore at the harbor. lot of moisture in the air. 82%. winds out of the east at 7 miles an hour. everyone wants to know when's the snow coming? portions of carroll county are starting to see some right now as we saw a dusting in some spots pretty much at this hour, but snow is falling there. but eventually will stop for a little while. there will be a lull in the storm that's forming. we actually thought this moisture down on the eastern shore, some of this would have been more to the north which would have come out of the area and started to snow around 5 this morning for a majority of the viewing area. that simply did not happen. and so now the best chance of snow is the strongest part of the storm which is over charleston where they are seeing rain and some mixed prec
. >>> a bill providing billions of dollars to victims of super storm sandy passes in the senate but stalls in the house. >>> and round two for folks in oklahoma. >>> it's going to be nothing like that here. we will see people starting to see flakes at this hour. i'll have your insta weather >>> still no snow in downtown baltimore at the harbor. lot of moisture in the air. 82%. winds out of the east at 7 miles an hour. everyone wants to know when's the snow...
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>> there is still discussion on the house side of dealing with the sandy bill. there was negotiations in meetings last night with the members of the new york and new jersey delegation specifically related to sandy and number of difficult farm committees and farm state representatives have been discussing with republican leadership how they get that done as well. all the parts are moving here on capitol hill. when it comes to the fiscal cliff negotiations everything is extremely fluid. the deal is a tentative frame work. they're still working out details. shibani: got it. still very much anything can happen. thanks a lot. >> all right. ashley: rich, thank you. a framework perhaps. let's go to peter barnes at the white house. peter, what are you hearing? >> i can confirm what rich is reporting much the president will come out here any minute but he is not expected to announce a final deal. he is going to say that the congressional negotiators and the white house are close to a deal here but that the clock is still sticking to try to get something done. some of the
>> there is still discussion on the house side of dealing with the sandy bill. there was negotiations in meetings last night with the members of the new york and new jersey delegation specifically related to sandy and number of difficult farm committees and farm state representatives have been discussing with republican leadership how they get that done as well. all the parts are moving here on capitol hill. when it comes to the fiscal cliff negotiations everything is extremely fluid. the...
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first by the hurricane and then by what happened at sandy hook elementary. for those of us who join with you, we just want the people of connecticut to know they're not alone. as the gentleman from new jersey spoke earlier, we are the united states of america. and where there was a disaster in one state we all have to respond as if it were a disaster in all states. the attack on one child in connecticut, we have to protect all children in connecticut and in every single state in this union. and i would hope as we debate those solutions that we really do act in a union the united states of america. once again our sympathy and condolences, and i yield the floor to these very able senators. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: thank you madam chairwoman for your leadership on this essential bill. i can't thank you enough for your tenacity and determination to meet the needs of so many affected families in our states. i also want to thank senator landrieu for her leadership to help craft this bill that way that has transparency and
first by the hurricane and then by what happened at sandy hook elementary. for those of us who join with you, we just want the people of connecticut to know they're not alone. as the gentleman from new jersey spoke earlier, we are the united states of america. and where there was a disaster in one state we all have to respond as if it were a disaster in all states. the attack on one child in connecticut, we have to protect all children in connecticut and in every single state in this union. and...
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they gandhi baiting the $64 billion bill which aims to repair damage from sandy and help protect from future storms. in response to president obama's request for 32 million to repair from the amtrak rail system it will be more than 10 ford to $346 million to cover operating costs. 53 million for fishery disasters. hopefully it will help with shin hook salmon. money in the bill could be used to clean up debris on the coast that rippled over from the 2001 tsunami in japan. nearly 9 million for the department adjusted and homeland security. the senate bill bypassed the committee process and is going straight to the floor where harry reid says he hope to do speed the bill through the chamber quickly but in the house they are crap belling with the size of the bill and the fact that they haven't found a way to offset the cost. we will keep you posted. >> diane macedo fox business network. >> we will have more coming up on fox and friends. >>> the time 48 after the hour. next on "the rundown"" one woman in pittsburgh. this is a cool story. she gets a gift from a complete traininger inspired
they gandhi baiting the $64 billion bill which aims to repair damage from sandy and help protect from future storms. in response to president obama's request for 32 million to repair from the amtrak rail system it will be more than 10 ford to $346 million to cover operating costs. 53 million for fishery disasters. hopefully it will help with shin hook salmon. money in the bill could be used to clean up debris on the coast that rippled over from the 2001 tsunami in japan. nearly 9 million for...
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the fact that two of them are in a band now, it would be great. >> bill: coming up, congressman sandy levin from michigan is going to join us atop the next hour. we'll start out this hour by going out to michigan and talking to karla swift, head of the afl-cio in michigan. and karla davenport talking about whether or not we can see action on global warming but first, dan. >> this is the "full court press." >> quick check of other headlines making news. former president george w. bush is set to become a grandfather. daughter jenna hager bush announcing yesterday he's pregnant with her first child. the 31-year-old nbc contributor said so on "the today show." she's due in the spring. president bush said he won't change any diapers any time soon. he just wants to be the grandpa that drives the ford f-250 around the ranch with the kid in the pickup truck. >> bill: they asked president bush what he wants his granddaughter or grandchild to call him. >> what did he say? >> bill: he said sir. >> all right okay. yeah, that's good. >> politifact is out with its lie of the year. according to the
the fact that two of them are in a band now, it would be great. >> bill: coming up, congressman sandy levin from michigan is going to join us atop the next hour. we'll start out this hour by going out to michigan and talking to karla swift, head of the afl-cio in michigan. and karla davenport talking about whether or not we can see action on global warming but first, dan. >> this is the "full court press." >> quick check of other headlines making news. former...
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bill greiner, sandy lincoln and, of course, larry shover. david: well, it's not just the threat of taxes rising next year, about 28 million families will owe the irs billions, more than expected, for in this year. it could include you. coming up next, liz macdonald with all the information about whether you're on this list that you don't want to be on. liz: plus, not many investors are willing to come back and look at tear predictions from a year -- at their predictions from a year ago, but we found one, teddy weisberg was on with dave and boldly predicted an exact number for the dow on this day. hear how close he came, coming up. come on up, teddy. we'll be with you in a minute. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all onhinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ why does my mouth feel dryer than i remember it to be? there are more pe
bill greiner, sandy lincoln and, of course, larry shover. david: well, it's not just the threat of taxes rising next year, about 28 million families will owe the irs billions, more than expected, for in this year. it could include you. coming up next, liz macdonald with all the information about whether you're on this list that you don't want to be on. liz: plus, not many investors are willing to come back and look at tear predictions from a year -- at their predictions from a year ago, but we...